Bazooka Joe Marketing?

I forgot to respond to this. The official word is that he wears it as an affectation. He has two functioning, aesthetically pleasing eyeballs.

Whose official word?

I cannot recall where I read it. My Google Fu sucks and I’m on a call right now (I’m currrently playing a pre recorded message for the caller) and have an appointment at 5:15 I’ll have to get back to you